Elisha Sauers
By Elisha Sauers
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Israel News Illusions for the Disillusioned
Magician and stunt artist David Blaine has executed many seemingly impossible feats — burying himself alive for a week, settling into a glass chamber dangling above the River Thames in London, huddling in an ice locker for some 60 hours — but his newest challenge may be too much even for him. This past Tuesday…
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Culture Abercrombie & Fitch Tries To Make Diversity Fashionable
Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is known for many things: classic casual apparel, fresh-faced half-naked models, and gorgeously photographed catalogs combining those two elements. But, for the past year, Abercrombie has been selling something that doesn’t have a price tag: tolerance. Last fall, Abercrombie teamed up with the Anti-Defamation League to create a diversity-training program…
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Culture Talking Books Help Kids Learn To Read
In the first passage of a grade-school primer called “The Little Midrash Says,” Moses assembles the Children of Israel one last time before his death to make a speech, because he knows he will not survive their trek to the promised land. “I will repeat the Torah and mitzvos to them, and I will make…
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